Innersole.



L. Q. WHITE, G. W. HART & H. ODONNELL. INNBRSO'LE.

y APPLICATION FILED AUG. 15, 1914.

Patented Nov. 3, 1914.

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` sary feature is the provision of a marginal For instance, if such marginal edge should an imperfect shoe 'would be produced.

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l UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIcE. y

Lonnie o. WHITE, cisco W. HART, Ann HENRY onoNNELL, orv isnocx'roN, MASSA;

onUsiiTTs, As'SiGNoEs To L. o. WHITE snor: COMPANY, or BoSToN, MASSACHU- sETTS, A conronATroN or MASSACHUSETTS.

- INNEEsoLE.

1711553157', Specification of Letters ratent.

vPatented N ov. 3, 1914. Application filed August 15, 1914. Serial N o. 856,895.

T0 all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that We, LoRING Q. WHITE,- HENRY'l ODoNNELL, citizens of theUnited States, and residents of Brockton, county'of Plymouth, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Innersoles, of which the following description, in connection vrith the accompanying drawing, is a specification, like characters on the drawing representingT like body of the. inner sole from' the-outer e` ness less than the l body of ythe innerwsole, and 1n order to provide an inner 'solemade This invention relates to inner soles such as are used in the manufacture of welt shoes and has for its object to provide a. satisfactory inner sole which can be made from leather or other material that has not suflicient thickness or strength to permit the inseam-stitch-receiving lip Vto be formed by channeling the body of the inner sole-from the margin or edge thereof and yet leave a marginal edge exterior to the lip having sufficient strength and stiffness to meetthe requirements enacted of the edge of an insole in the manufacture o'f a Welt shoe.

One ivell-known type of inner sole that is commonly used in the manufacture of Welt shoes* is the so-called gemined inner sole which is made from a piece of leather or similar material that is channeled at its marginal edgeto form a lip to which the' Welt and upper may be sewed, the lip and underside of the inner sole being covered with a layer of canvas. In an inner sole for Welt shoes one necessary feature is a lip of suitable strength to permit the Welt and upper to be sewed thereto, and another' necesedgeof requisite strength ahd. a'lip requisite size and strength from very thin turers to use in' the manufacture of innei` been unable to use for this purpose.

invention, We have illustrated in the drawings selected embodiment thereof `which will noiv be described after which the novel features Will be pointed out in the .appended claim;

yIn the drawings, Fi ure l isa planV Viewv of an' inner solegjembo ying our invention; Fig. 2 is" an eiilarg as m, Fig';` l; Fig..3 an enlarged sectional view showing the manner in which the Welt and upperare unitedy to the rib.

Inthe drawings, 4sole is shown at l and it may lbe made of any suitable material. This body portion is channeled, as at 2, thereby to the channel 2 being situated at a suitable distance in from the edge or periphery 4 ofthe body 1, so that the portion 5 of the body between the channel and the exterior edge 41 is of the full thickness ofthe body. In thev manufacture of Welt shoes it is necessarythat the marginal edge of the inner sole should have a certain amount of rigidity and strength, it is possible to use any material, no matter how thin, so long as the fullthickness of the material will ymarginal edgel Where the body 1 is made edge outside of the lip which has sufficient strength and thickness soethat it Will not give when it is acting as a guiding edge dur# ing the rough-rounding, roodyear stitching, and other operations in the manufacture of the shoe, for if said marginal edge is lacking in strength or rigidity it is liable to give or yield under the pressure it receives from the guiding element of the machineduring the; above operations, and if this occurs the operations will not be properly performed.

give or yield duringthe Goodyear stitching operation, the line of the outseam stitches would vary from the proper position and When the lip is formed byclilanneling the a lip chan? making. an inner sole whichghas a mar iilalj material, thereby enabling shoe manufacsoles material which they haveheretofore In order to give an understanding of our.

the body o'f the-innerv form a lip 3,V

and with our inventionA give a suliiciently strong des thereof, the marginal edge will have a thicky in this way with an edge of su' cient A6o d section on the Cline of comparatively thin material the lip 3, undesirable separation of, these tWo parts as which is eut by Ytorniing a channel :3, must the line of stitching 6 is made. of neeess ty be considerably thinner than the It will be noted that in this invention the body portion l, and will, therefore, be too cord 8O is held in position against the rib-3 v l 5 thin and weak to form an anchor for the by the overlying' fabric 9, this being suil- 60 inseam stitches 6 that unite the upper 7 and cient in view of the fact that the penetrat- Welt S to the inner sole. This is especially ing thrust of the needle has no tendency true if the mateiial of the body l is oi1 a to separate the cord 80 from the lip 3, but` more or less spongy nature. rather tends to force them together, a feal in order to provide a proper'rib or lip ture which is desirable. Another advan- 65 for the inseam stitches, we propose to retage of having the cord 80 on the outside iniorce. the lip 3, formed by making the ot' the lip 3 is that said lip gives the rib ll ('.lianm-el by inserting in the channel 2 on a Firm inner face Ltor the aWl of the inseamthe exterior of the lip a reinforcing member stitching machine to act on in feeding the l l S0 herein shown in the form of a cord, al shoe during the stitching operation, and a y70 though a strip SO of any material could be iirm line or surface for the channel guide used for this purpose. This strip or cord to iolloir. Furthermore, said lip 3 sup- SO will preferably substantially lill the ports the fabric 9 on the inner face of the channel 9' and lie against the outside ot' the rib ll and prevents the fabric from being f, 20 lip 3, and it may be cemented to the lip 3 drawn in under the cord on the inside ther ,75 or may merely be laid in place. After the of by the stitches 6, a proceeding which member S0 is laid in the channel Q against would be liable to tear or injure the texture the lip 3, the inner sole is gemmed by applyoi the fabric and thus weaken the insole. i ng to the face thereof a covering 9 of fabric Instead of being made ofv a single thickas usual in the manufacture et' so-called ness of leather, an insole embodying our 80 gemined inner soles, and this fabric overinvention may be made oi several superlies and embraces the compound rib or lip posed plies of very thin material cemented formed from lip 3 and the cord 80. The or otherwise secured together. fabric .fl will be cenufnted to the body of We claim: the inner sole as usual. An inseam-stiteh- An inner sole having a body portion 85 receiving rib ll is thus formed by the lip channeled at a distance from its edge in 3, cord 80 and covering 9 of canvas which such manner as to form an upturned cordis strongand solid and in which the inseam positioning lip at the inner edge of said stitches 6 can be securely anchored, and in channel, the. edge portion of the inner sole l, the formation of this rib, the edge portion exterior to said channel having the full 90 5 of the sole is not weakened in any way, thickness, strength and rigidity ot' the body but has all the strength provided by the portion, a cord. laid in thelehannel against entire thickness of the body l. An inner the outer face et' the lip, and a fabric layer sole made in this way can be made oit' eomcovering the channeled face of the body,

.40 paratirely thin material because the edge 5 lip and the cord, thereby to form an 95 contains the Atull strength of the material inseam-stitch-receiving rib, said lip acting and is not caliened in forming the lip. to prevent the cordfrom heilig displaced Furthermore, b n locating the cord S0 on the by the penetrating thrust of the needle durof the lip 3, the latter constitutes ing the formation of the inseam stitches by 4C a posi oning member or abutment which which the upper and Welt are secured to 100v serres to hold the cord 8O in place as the in the rib. seam stitches are inserted. In testimony whereof, We have signed our In the ope ration of making a Welt shoe names to this specilication, in the presence i the needle l2 inserted through the inof two subscribing Witnesses.

seam-stitch-receiving rib or lip ll from the LORNG Q. lVHl'TE, outer 'edgoot the shoe and the location of CSCO W. HART. the cord SO ou thev exterior of the rib 3 has HENRY ODGNNELL. the advantage that the penetrating thrustof l litnessest the needle serves to force the cord 8O more WTILLm-M- RMZO,

closely against the lip 3, thus preventing any H. J. CULLINANE, 

